Associate Director - Financial Planning and Analysis (Verizon Business Group U.S. Federal)

Job Description

When you join Verizon

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the V Team Life.

What you’ll be doing...

At Verizon, we are building a world-class Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) organization. We have begun a comprehensive program to streamline processes, improve systems, realign the organization and add opportunities for personal skill-building and professional growth. We’re finding new ways to add value and provide strategic support. This is the kind of work we do. We want to build leading FP&A practices within Verizon, setting the stage to become the place any FP&A professional wants to work. You can become a catalyst for change.

FP&A Team Lead - U.S. Federal Government & Business Development and Strategic Sales (BDSS) Public Sector Business Units

Elevate your game by serving as the primary Finance lead for the Business Group’s U.S. Federal Government Channel and for Business Development and Strategic Sales (BDSS) Public Sector Business Unit. This includes FP&A and Sales Finance support for SVP of Public Sector and 4 Managing Directors. Responsibilities include overall P&L management of a $2B+ multi-year contract with the Federal Aviation Administration. As a member of the Public Sector FP&A team, you will also have responsibility for everything ranging from monthly results analysis, forecasting revenues and volumes, expenses, and contribution margin. You will be leading a team that directly supports and enables a group of front line Sales and Program Management leaders. You will collaborate cross functionally across VZ. This FP&A position offers opportunities for business partnering and insights, while growing your FP&A leadership and interpersonal skills. You are considered a strategic business partner and your contributions will make a difference. You can have an impact on new business growth opportunities through development of business cases and gap closure initiatives. You will partner with Sales Leaders and cross-functional partners on special projects and deep-dives and will prepare Sales Leaders for Executive Group Business Reviews throughout the year.

• Leading Financial Planning and Analysis Business Support for U.S. Federal Channel a $1.6B Business Unit that includes $1.1B Wireline and $0.5B Wireless Revenue.

• Owning Financial Management and Governance for the Federal Aviation Administration line of business and monthly P&L BV/OL/CV.

• Leading Financial Planning and Analysis Business Support for U.S. Business Development and Strategic Sales segment with TCV funnel (12 month) of $5B. BDSS is focused on Complex Deals for both Federal and State and Local, including; Business Development, Capture, Proposals, Channel Partners, Contract Strategy and FWA.

• Guiding Business Development VP including monthly financial insights for Complex Deal Review, Financial Scorecard, Headcount & Expense management.

• Providing Sales Financial Planning and Analysis support for 4 Managing Directors and 50+ quota-bearing sales specialists / overlay organization and product revenue tower focuses: Advanced Communications, Security, FWA, IoT, 5G Edge, Private Network and Professional Services.

• Partnering with SVP and VP-level for sales support / business support, oversee results and forecasting.

• Proactively use influence cross functionally and upward to provide insights and best decision support to the business.

• Anticipating and adapting to business changes rapidly, and participate in the evaluation of strategic business opportunities.

• Collaborating with partner Financial Planning and Analysis organizations to gain alignment on all matters U.S. Federal planning, reporting, and owning the development, analysis, and communication of the revenue results, plan, and forecast.

• Interpreting and evaluating monthly analyses of business trends, including budget variance of financial results and Key Performance Indicators to identify areas of risk and opportunities and provide recommendations.

• Supporting sales leadership with gap closure initiative business case development and ongoing tracking, special projects and preparation for executive business reviews.

• Partnering with Sales Operations and Financial Planning and Analysis teams on annual quota-setting, monthly maintenance, compensation attainment, and targeting.

• Proactively seeking and experiment process automation and digital finance tools to improve efficiency.

• Attracting, developing and retaining talent to promote a culture of high-performance.

• Presenting and communicating to the most senior levels of the business and finance.

What we’re looking for...

You’ll need to have:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or four or more years of work experience.

• Eight or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.

• Demonstrated experience applying strategic thinking, leadership and direction of cross functional teams to complete strategic financial objectives.

• Management experience and a proven record of meeting deadlines, managing multiple complex projects simultaneously, and working in a fast-paced, dynamic, individual and team-oriented work environment.

• Experience presenting at the most senior level within an organization and interacting successfully with senior leadership.

• Experience successfully anticipating, evaluating and interpreting how changes in the industry impact strategy and financial projections in a B2B-based business.

• Reporting and Forecasting experience.

• Expense management experience.

• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• A Master's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or Economics.

• Experience in the technology and/or telecommunications industry.

• Superior organizational, time management, negotiation, attention to detail, staff development, and operations skills.

• Motivated, resilient self-starter and highly collaborative style, able to produce high quality results in high pressure situations in a dynamic environment.

• Demonstrated in-depth understanding of common business and cost drivers, financial statement analysis, and deep-dive analysis.

• Demonstrated experience in continuous improvement initiatives, root cause analysis and project management.

• An advanced understanding of corporate financial planning, reporting & analysis, and costing/profitability methodologies and processes.

• A high degree of analytical capability with the demonstrated ability to structure business case around a high-level strategic vision.

• Advanced level in analytical skills.

• Digital finance tools, such as Anaplan, ThoughtSpot, SQL.

• Experience with business cases.

• Programming in excel macro, other languages.

• Strong strategic skills, with the proven ability to identify and assess key points, implications and recommendations.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

Where you’ll be working

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and a minimum eight assigned office days per month that will be set by your manager.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Equal Employment Opportunity

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